Franziska Petri
Acting • Born 1973-08-17
Biography
From 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri studied at the renowned „Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art“ in Berlin. Her cinema debut was a part in „The Big Mambo“ („Das Mambospiel“) by Michael Gwisdek in 1997, which opened the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. With her first leading role in in the award-winning „Forget America“ („Vergiss Amerika“) she attracted both critics' and audiences' attention. After leading roles in the most diverse cinema productions like the historic drama „Leo & Claire“ by Joseph Vilsmaier, the quirky comedy „Max & Moritz Reloaded“ by Thomas Frydetzki, the gloomy thriller „The Heart Is a Dark Forest“ („Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald“) by Nicolette Krebitz, the political drama „Long Shadows“ („Schattenwelt“) by Connie Walther or the psychological drama „Memory“ („Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf“) by Matthias Luthardt, she appeared in the psychothriller „For Miriam“ („Für Miriam“) by Lars Gunnar Lotz. For her outstanding performance in „For Miriam“ she was awarded Best Actress at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009 (Perspektive Deutsches Kino), Best Actress at La Cabina. Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes de Valencia, Spain 2010 and Best Actress at the 11th Aubagne International Film Festival, France 2010. In 2011 she played the starring role in Kirill Serebrennikov's dark tale of love Izmena/Betrayal, which premiered in the official competition of the Venice Film Festival 2012. For her impressive performance she was awarded Best Actress at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Filmography
54 credits
Forget America
Movie • 2000
Anna
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Movie • 2007
Anna
Max and Moritz Reloaded
Movie • 2005
Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
Long Shadows
Movie • 2008
Valerie Matos
Betrayal
Movie • 2012
She
Leo & Claire
Movie • 2002
Irene Scheffler
Tage des Sturms
Movie • 2003
Claudia Brücken
The Volcano
Movie • 1999
Nathalie
The Big Mambo
Movie • 1998
Julia
Das unreine Mal
Movie • 2006
Susanne 'Susa' Henk
Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken
Movie • 1998
Marie Welte
Der Kronzeuge
Movie • 2007
Denise
Wen die Liebe trifft
Movie • 2005
Franka Rhomberg
Mord an der roten Rita
Movie • 1995
Rita
Midsommar Stories
Movie • 1999
Jacqueline (segment "Sabotage")
Porno!Melo!Drama!
Movie • 2007
Nico
Platonow
Movie • 2015
Sonja
Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt
Movie • 2001
Mona Lutter
Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf
Movie • 2008
Helene
The Duelist
Movie • 2016
Aleksandra Iosifovna
Dolores
Movie • 2016
Dolores Moor
Midsummer Night's Murder
Movie • 2016
Monika Löffelhart
Die Nachtschwester
Movie • 2000
Operation Medusa
Movie • 1995
Gilda Gerber
Endloser Horizont
Movie • 2006
Elisabeth 'Lilly' Meier
Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub
Movie • 1998
Steffi
Wolfsland – Irrlichter
Movie • 2018
Leonore Pfister
Für Miriam
Movie • 2009
Off Season
Movie • 2019
Judith
Hotel Auschwitz
Movie • 2019
Sabine
Come Closer
Movie • 2021
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV • 1994
Maria Franke
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV • 1994
Natascha Schwenke
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV • 1994
Marion Evans
Letzte Spur Berlin
TV • 2012
Yvonne Urlach
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Nadine Schuricke
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
TV • 2009
Terrorist
Ein starkes Team
TV • 1994
Isabel Lagrette
Wolffs Revier
TV • 1992
Nicole Balser
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Der Kriminalist
TV • 2006
Kim Falkenberg
Der Staatsanwalt
TV • 2005
Imke Stern
SOKO Köln
TV • 2003
Hiltrud Emmert
Donna Leon
TV • 2000
Signorina Benedetta Lerini
SOKO Stuttgart
TV • 2009
Elke Resch
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
TV • 1998
Ellen Winter
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Britta Abels
Die Wache
TV • 1994
Isabell Winkler
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Angela Meerbaum
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV • 1996
Dina Klink
Flemming
TV • 2009
Valerie Venhaus
Das Konto
TV • 2004
Laura Spiegelberg
Zimmer frei!
TV • 1996
Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
TV • 1994
Self